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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: From the Deserts They Come.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what century was the military outpost established on the shores of Western Australia?
(a) 1900s.
(b) 1500s.
(c) 1200s.
(d) 1800s.

2. As Australia's farms became more successful, what policy did the government introduce?
(a) Large areas of land were given to European farmers, without thought for the Aboriginal people living there.
(b) A percentage of the food produced must be given to Aboriginal people.
(c) Jobs must be provided on the farms for the Aboriginal people.
(d) Areas of land were given back to Aboriginal people.

3. How many wives does Kundilla have?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Ten.
(d) One.

4. What is the Canning Stock Route?
(a) A trade route.
(b) A railway.
(c) A long line of wells stretching across the desert.
(d) A trail used for transporting prisoners.

5. What kind of weather is it always successful to hunt in?
(a) Rain: the tracks are easy to see, and the animals are less alert.
(b) Misty: the animals can't see the hunters coming.
(c) Windy: the wind blows the hunters' scent away.
(d) Sunny: it is easier to see and run in sunny weather.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Captain Fremantle name the colony?

2. Who is Yellagonga?

3. What happens when Udja complains to a white magistrate that his wife has been stolen by a white man?

4. How did the first white invaders trick the Aboriginal men?

5. How do they justify this?

(see the answer key)

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